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Best Answer: Mary is prefigured in the Old Testament.
When God speaks to the serpent after the Fall of Adam and Eve, we learn
in Genesis 3:15 of the promise of a Redeemer from the woman,
"I will put enmity between you and the woman,
between your offspring and hers,
He will crush your head,
while you strike at his heel."

Eve herself, "the mother of all the living (Genesis 3:20)" prefigures Mary. The Matriarchs of the Old Testament also foreshadow Mary and Elizabeth in the New Testament, as Sarah and Hagar, Rachel and Leah, and Hannah and Peninnah. Hagar the Egyptian maid had Ishmael (Genesis 16:15) by Abram, and Sarah had Isaac (Genesis 21:2) when he was called Abraham, after God established his Covenant with him, making him a father of a host of nations. Rachel and Leah were the daughters of Laban, and Leah had six of Jacob's twelve sons, but it was Rachel who had his eleventh son Joseph (Genesis 30:24). Peninnah had many children for Elkanah, but it was the barren Hannah who bore Samuel (1 Samuel 1:20). The hymn of Hannah in the First Book of Samuel 2:1-10 is a source for the Magnificat of Mary.

The books of Esther and Judith portray two heroines of Israel. Each of these women, with their sense of survivability and indestructible spiritual strength, personify Israel itself. In fact, woman and Israel become interchangeable in the Book of Hosea, where the marriage of Hosea to his unfaithful wife is symbolic of God's Covenant of love with the unfaithful people of Israel (Hosea 11:1-9).

The rich background in the Old Testament predisposes one to understand the whole history of Israel looks to its fulfillment in the Messiah. Mary, the young Jewish virgin, becomes a symbol for Israel herself, the one that bore Jesus, the Messiah. Mary becomes "daughter Zion" (Isaiah 54:1-10, Zephaniah 3:14, Zechariah 2:10) in the New Testament.

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth.
She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God, that there she might be taken care of for twelve hundred and sixty days.

There has been a lot spectlation about the Immculate conception. Many Roman, Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodoxes believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary was without sin even before she was born. Some others believe that the Blessed Virgib Mary was sinful after she was born
Her Mother Saint Anne always prayed for her to do God's will and true indeed she was chosen to the be the New Ark of the covenant The Old Covenant was lost with the ten commanants in it But Jesus is Almighty God who was word made flesh. God is the word and Jesus is the word of the Gospel made flesh
So in order for the Lord and God to be born to the world what better to be to be bore by the Blessed Mother of God who was designated to be the sinless woman
For the last clue we can see that the Lord God said how he was to come into this Earth with this phrase I will put you between the seed and the woman
The Blessed Virgin Mary also carried the child Jesus as she fought the dragon

Mary - the Immaculate Ark of the New Covenant
Exodus 25:11-21 - the ark of the Old Covenant was made of the purest gold for God's Word. Mary is the ark of the New Covenant and is the purest vessel for the Word of God made flesh.

2 Sam. 6:7 - the Ark is so holy and pure that when Uzzah touched it, the Lord slew him. This shows us that the Ark is undefiled. Mary the Ark of the New Covenant is even more immaculate and undefiled, spared by God from original sin so that she could bear His eternal Word in her womb.

1 Chron. 13:9-10 - this is another account of Uzzah and the Ark. For God to dwell within Mary the Ark, Mary had to be conceived without sin. For Protestants to argue otherwise would be to say that God would let the finger of Satan touch His Son made flesh. This is incomprehensible.

1 Chron. 15 and 16 - these verses show the awesome reverence the Jews had for the Ark - veneration, vestments, songs, harps, lyres, cymbals, trumpets.

Luke 1:39 / 2 Sam. 6:2 - Luke's conspicuous comparison's between Mary and the Ark described by Samuel underscores the reality of Mary as the undefiled and immaculate Ark of the New Covenant. In these verses, Mary (the Ark) arose and went / David arose and went to the Ark. There is a clear parallel between the Ark of the Old and the Ark of the New Covenant.

Luke 1:41 / 2 Sam. 6:16 - John the Baptist / King David leap for joy before Mary / Ark. So should we leap for joy before Mary the immaculate Ark of the Word made flesh.

Luke 1:43 / 2 Sam. 6:9 - How can the Mother / Ark of the Lord come to me? It is a holy privilege. Our Mother wants to come to us and lead us to Jesus.

Luke 1:56 / 2 Sam. 6:11 and 1 Chron. 13:14 - Mary / the Ark remained in the house for about three months.

Rev 11:19 - at this point in history, the Ark of the Old Covenant was not seen for six centuries (see 2 Macc. 2:7), and now it is finally seen in heaven. The Jewish people would have been absolutely amazed at this. However, John immediately passes over this fact and describes the "woman" clothed with the sun in Rev. 12:1. John is emphasizing that Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant and who, like the Old ark, is now worthy of veneration and praise. Also remember that Rev. 11:19 and Rev. 12:1 are tied together be

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in catholic theology purity is the key, nothing unclean can enter heaven, jesus had to be born of a pure vessel meaning mary was clean from day one and had no inclination to sin afterwards. this is a big topic so try www.scripturecatholic.com and refer to the section pretaining to mary, your question will be covered.

Mary had to be free from all sin to carry Jesus in her womb. She was His first Tabernacle.Since Mary was free from sin on Her soul this is called Her Immaculate Conception She was conceived without original sin.Mary was always a virgin she never knew man.Jesus was Her only Child.